Life & Literature in The Medieval Period What was it like to live in the Middle Ages?

The "symptoms" of love were described as as if it were a sickness.

• The "symptoms" of love were described as as if it were a sickness.
• The "lovesick" knight’s typical symptoms: sighing, turning pale, turning red, fever, inability to sleep, eat or drink.

The Quest

• In addition to the theme of Courtly Love, the Quest was highly important to medieval romance:
• the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry. This knight is bound by a code of behavior - a set of conventional principles and expectations